The aim is the creation of a network of “community gardens”, that is, collective gardens where land is available for citizens to implement agroecology, with laboratories that, even in a city like Milan, restore the centrality of the relationship between people, communities and the environment.
On the occasion of the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Children and Adolescents, on Thursday 20 November Mani Tese, Soulfood Forestfarms, the Geography, Environment and Regions University (Unimi) degree program and CasciNet, will organize a day of activities that will be held from 14.30 to 16.00 at the Urban Agroforest in Milan, on the outskirts of the Southern Agricultural Park. As highlighted in a recent FAO report entitled “The State of Food and Agriculture 2024”, the global food system generates $12 trillion in “hidden” costs related to environmental, social and health impacts each year, compromising the ability of regions and communities to self-determine their food systems. This collaboration was created to combine science, training, and regenerative practices in an innovative and replicable model of social participation. “Food, human rights and the future are inseparable. Only by rethinking our relationship with land and society can we build more just and sustainable cities.
“Agroecology is an act of concern for humans, for nature, and for future generations,” claims Elisa Lenhard, representative of Global Citizenship Education and Advocacy Mani Tese, organizer of the event.
